What would you like Phantoms primary role to be?
He is currently an assault mercenary with less killing potential than the others but the trade off is his invisibility cloak + cloak shield.
New skill: The ability to, within a given range, see through walls and see infrared models of enemies. Obviously also given a long cooldown as well to prevent abuse. +Recon
He has a high skill ceiling if you want to play him effectively enough.
I top frag consistently in pubs with him so I’ve been asked to share some tips on playing with him.
- 30% of my kills are from my cloaking, sitting in a doorway and waiting for an opponent to walk and bump into my right click Katana attack. Its very effective.
- I also do it when I’m being chased. - run, cloak around the corner, sit near doorway and knife them.
- The high burst from chopper + katana makes playing around corners and fast reaction times crucial to getting these types of kills.
- Long jumping is crucial to getting behind, around and getting that reach for the Katana right click attack.
- I use my Kek10 80% of the time. Katana only comes out when high burst is needed and guaranteed to hit. Also, Katana is less noisy than the Kek10 so its my go-to on flanks. For frontal engagements or when you know the enemy is somewhere in front of you, Kek. Always.
- I always make it a habit to slap on my cloak after killing someone when I know theres a high chance of there being another enemy nearby.
- Don’t waste your cloak. Learn when the best time is to use it when going for a flank. Also turn it off when you feel you’re safe.
- If you find yourself in awkward situation, whether being surprised by a fletcher or a rhino cut the corner for example, jump off of a wall and use your cloak + look for an escape route. As a Phantom, you should 100% of the time have the element of surprise. If you don’t, gtfo and come back when you do.
- Learn how to zig zag run, use your environment to close in on your prey. Theres been a bunch of times I’ve managed to zigzag + side step + wall jump + long jump to an enemy and dance around them with a Katana all while avoiding their gun fire (they might just have bad aim, most pubs do)
- Learn which mercs you can 1 shot with katana + chopper. - Aura, Sparks, Proxy, Kira, Vassili, and Phoenix can be right click 1 shotted. Problem is, they’re fast and squirmy. Learn to bait them, trap them or back stab them.
Thats it for now.
Let me know, assault/recon or would you prefer him to do specialize in his niche right now?